caa a22 4500 445814276 CHVBK 20180317145221.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10712-011-9146-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10712-011-9146-y Using Lightning Data to Better Understand and Predict Flash Floods in the Mediterranean [Elektronische Daten] [C. Price, Y. Yair, A. Mugnai, K. Lagouvardos, M. Llasat, S. Michaelides, U. Dayan, S. Dietrich, F. Di Paola, E. Galanti, L. Garrote, N. Harats, D. Katsanos, M. Kohn, V. Kotroni, M. Llasat-Botija, B. Lynn, L. Mediero, E. Morin, K. Nicolaides, S. Rozalis, K. Savvidou, B. Ziv] One of the costliest natural hazards around the globe is flash floods, resulting from localized intense convective precipitation over short periods of time. Since intense convective rainfall (especially over the continents) is well correlated with lightning activity in these storms, a European Union FP6 FLASH project was realized from 2006 to 2010, focusing on using lightning observations to better understand and predict convective storms that result in flash floods. As part of the project, 23 case studies of flash floods in the Mediterranean region were examined. For the analysis of these storms, lightning data were used together with rainfall estimates in order to understand the storms' development and electrification processes. In addition, these case studies were simulated using mesoscale meteorological models to better understand the local and synoptic conditions leading to such intense and damaging storms. As part of this project, tools for short-term predictions (nowcasts) of intense convection across the Mediterranean and Europe, and long-term forecasts (a few days) of the likelihood of intense convection, were developed and employed. The project also focused on educational outreach through a special Web site http://flashproject.org supplying real-time lightning observations, real-time experimental nowcasts, medium-range weather forecasts and educational materials. While flash floods and intense thunderstorms cannot be prevented, long-range regional lightning networks can supply valuable data, in real time, for warning the public, end-users and stakeholders of imminent intense rainfall and possible flash floods. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 FLASH project nationallicence Flash floods nationallicence Lightning nationallicence Thunderstorms nationallicence Price C. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel aut Yair Y. The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Israel aut Mugnai A. National Research Council, ISAC, Rome, Italy aut Lagouvardos K. National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece aut Llasat M. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain aut Michaelides S. Cyprus Meteorological Service, Nicosia, Cyprus aut Dayan U. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut Dietrich S. National Research Council, ISAC, Rome, Italy aut Di Paola F. National Research Council, ISAC, Rome, Italy aut Galanti E. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel aut Garrote L. Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain aut Harats N. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut Katsanos D. National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece aut Kohn M. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel aut Kotroni V. National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece aut Llasat-Botija M. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain aut Lynn B. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut Mediero L. Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain aut Morin E. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut Nicolaides K. Cyprus Meteorological Service, Nicosia, Cyprus aut Rozalis S. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel aut Savvidou K. Cyprus Meteorological Service, Nicosia, Cyprus aut Ziv B. The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Israel aut Surveys in Geophysics Springer Netherlands 32/6(2011-11-01), 733-751 0169-3298 32:6<733 2011 32 10712 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-011-9146-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-011-9146-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Price C. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yair Y. The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mugnai A. National Research Council, ISAC, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lagouvardos K. National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Llasat M. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Michaelides S. Cyprus Meteorological Service, Nicosia, Cyprus aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dayan U. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dietrich S. National Research Council, ISAC, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Di Paola F. National Research Council, ISAC, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Galanti E. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Garrote L. Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harats N. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Katsanos D. National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kohn M. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kotroni V. National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Llasat-Botija M. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lynn B. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mediero L. Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morin E. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nicolaides K. Cyprus Meteorological Service, Nicosia, Cyprus aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rozalis S. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Savvidou K. Cyprus Meteorological Service, Nicosia, Cyprus aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ziv B. The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surveys in Geophysics Springer Netherlands 32/6(2011-11-01), 733-751 0169-3298 32:6<733 2011 32 10712 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer